The holo springs to life with a familiar hexagonal lotus icon, before shifting to Wynk Waawat, lead Jungle Priest of Ithor, standing in a botanical garden. You hear the deep brassy notes of an ithorian two-throated voice, followed by its translation.
“Greetings, brothers and sisters! In the months since The Legacy of Ithor was incorporated, I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from sentients all over the galaxy. It’s an amazing galaxy, and conserving and preserving its wonders is important to people from every sector and walk of life. With your support, we’ve been hard at work building more zoo stations than our jungle priests can count.”
“Today, I’m pleased to announce a great step forward in bringing conservation to you: The Galactic Parks Network. The GPN is a collection of zoos, wildlife preserves, and zoo stations around the galaxy that share our values and offer a wonderful experience to curious beings of all ages. Visitors to these zoos can acquire a GPN Passport, and each GPN Member Zoo has a unique stamp to add to your passport. You’ll have to do some traveling to collect them all – but it’s worth it!
“Each and every GPN zoo has an Ithorian Jungle Priest in-residence. If you want to learn about conservation and ithorian philosophy, stop by one of their offices. We also provide member zoos with customized zookeeper droids that can tell you all about the critters and creatures housed at that location. There’s even a fun gift shop on the way out!”
“If you have a zoo, wildlife preserve, or zoo station and would like to join to Galactic Parks Network, you can apply at our holosuite. Our modest annual fee helps to keep the network running. Don’t have a suitable station or facility yet? The Legacy of Ithor is happy to assist with full build services or Hop2Build™ franchise arrangements. The wait list is lengthy, so contact us today to reserve your place in the build queue!”
The holo cuts to Raptor Cardel, CEO of Koensayr Manufacturing and owner of GPN Member ‘Vahaba Public Botanical Gardens and Aquarium’ located within the Vahaba Asteroid Belt.
“The conservation of the diverse, unique and invaluable flora and fauna that remains in our Galaxy is an ambitious project of paramount importance. Koensayr Manufacturing is proud to partner with the GPN to better understand the ecological impacts of our production and manufacturing facilities. We recognize that as societies and cultures continue to expand and grow, stretching out further into our galaxy – conflict with wildlife is inevitable. We have a morale obligation to diminish our future impacts, restore what we’ve already damaged and to be present, conscientious stewards of what we have now remaining. We are proud to partner with Wynk Wawaat and his jungle priests and thank them for their earnest efforts.”
The scene shifts back to the Ithorian Jungle Priest.
“That’s one of more than a dozen delighted partners. We look forward to introducing you to more of them in the future. We hope you’ll visit all of them to get your GPN passport and collect all the stamps – available only at participating zoos. Thank you all so much for your support!”
The picture fades to the Legacy of Ithor Logo.
As the background music fades, you hear the giggling of a jawa pushing a button, and Ithorian Battle Rap begins to play. It takes a verse and a half, but eventually Wynk figures out how to turn it off…